Good news! Volvo has today announced it will put the S60 and V60 Polestar into wider production across the world, including the UK.

Not quite so good news! The not-quite-so-limited-edition S60 and V60 won't have 501bhp, but instead 345bhp from the same turbocharged 3.0-litre V6. Which is rather less power, but still quite a lot of power for a sensible Volvo saloon/estate.

Running a recalibrated version of Volvo's Haldex four-wheel drive system and a six-speed paddle-shift auto, the S60 and V60 will get from 0-62mph in 4.9 seconds, past 124mph less than 13 seconds later and hit the limiter at 155mph.

371mm front discs and six-piston Brembo calipers tucked beneath those 20-inch wheels take care of stopping duties, while a neat new front splitter and subtle rear wing add a hint of downforce.

Polestar - the company that once ran Volvo's Swedish touring car team but has now moved on board as the firm's official ‘M Division', as it were - has also fettled the S60's cabin, though sadly it won't be quite so Alcantara-heavy as the cockpit of the deranged 400bhp C30 Polestar Jeremy drove a couple of years ago.

No word on prices yet, but don't worry: the production S60 and V60 shall be a lot cheaper than the 501bhp version. We'd expect somewhere between £40,000-£45,000 for the S60 saloon, with a premium of a grand or so for the estate. Which plunges the Volvo straight into the lair of the similarly four-wheel-drive, V6, only-slightly-less-powerful Audi S4. Would you take this or the German?